An article from earthtimes.org had this to say: "The UN’s millennium goals range from reducing extreme pov-erty to halting the spread of AIDS by 2015. If current trends hold, sub-Saharan Africa will reach the UN millennium clean water target only in 2040 and sanitation by 2076, while south Asia is four years off track and Arab nations are 27 years away. “When it comes to water and sanitation, the world suffers from a surplus of conference activity and a deficit of credible action,†he says." Why do you think this is so? Can the world afford to fail its own resolutions? Just Know Why
Millennium Development Goals ("New Year's Resolutions")
Date: Wed, 2006-12-27 01:00
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are the goals too lofty and
are the goals too lofty and ambitious?